Yellice, Kurtalan

Yellice
Village
Yellice Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°03′58″N41°34′55″E / 38.066°N 41.582°E / 38.066; 41.582
Country	Turkey
Province	Siirt
District	Kurtalan
Population  (2021) [1]	313
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Yellice (Kurdish : Batran) is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. ^[2] The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 313 in 2021. ^{[1] [3]}

History

The village formerly adhered to Yazidism but converted to Islam in the late 19th century with the guidance of Sheikh Abdulkahhâr from nearby Zokayd. After the conversion, a mosque was built, commissioned by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. A madrasa was also built which would educate many scholars. ^[4]

References

1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Schneider, Robin (1984). Die kurdischen Yezidi: ein Volk auf dem Weg in den Untergang (in German). Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker. p. 100.
4. Çakır, Mehmet Saki (2019). "Siirt'te Bir Nakşî-Hâlidî Merkezi: Zokayd Tekkesi ve Medresesi". Journal of Artuklu Academia (in Turkish). 6 (1): 19-20.